The fraction [tex]\frac{26}{64}[/tex] represents the number of women's magazines out of all the other magazines at the book store.
To find what percent of the magazines are women's magazines, we can turn [tex]\frac{26}{64}[/tex] into a percent.
To write a fraction as a percent in lowest terms, first remember that a percent is a ratio of a number to 100 so to write 26/64 as a percent, we need to find a fraction equivalent to 26/64 with 100 in the denominator. We can do this by setting up a proportion.
40% is the answer
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